Main Event of the World Series of Poker 1992

The Main Event of the 1992 World Series of Poker was the main event of the 23rd staging of the Poker World Championship in Las Vegas .

Tournament structure

The main tournament of the World Series of Poker in No Limit Hold'em started on May 11th and ended with the final table on May 16, 1992. The tournament was held at Binion's Horseshoe in Las Vegas . The total of 201 participants had to pay a buy-in of US $ 10,000 each, and there were 36 paid places for them. Telly Savalas , world-famous as an actor , came in 21st.

Final table

Hamid Dastmalchi (2005)

The final table was played on May 16, 1992. In the final hand, Dastmalchi won with 8 ♥ 4 ♣ against Jacobs with J ♦ 7 ♠ .

space	origin	player	Prize money (in $ )
1		Hamid Dastmalchi	1,000,000
2		Tom Jacobs	0.353,500
3		Hans Lund	0.176,750
4th		Mike Alsaadi	0.101,000
5		Dave Crunkleton	0.060,600
6th		Clyde Coleman	0.030,300

Web links

• 1992 World Series of Poker Main Event in the Hendon Mob Poker Database
• 1992 World Series of Poker Main Event on the World Series of Poker website

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Main Event of the World Series of Poker 1992 in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on January 2, 2016 (English).